... figures. Women have been worshipped and adored since the beginning of humanity, represented on cave walls and in elaborate oil paintings. The expressive Renaissance period allowed painters to freely portray the adoration they had for the women they cherished and admired. The Italian Renaissance began in the 1300's, gradually spreading across Europe throughout the 1400's, during this time art flourished. Prior to the ... Renaissance the type of people depicted in art were purely noblemen or royalty. As the Renaissance took hold and a stronger class system emerged, art was extended to the...

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